Dramaturging the Process

In 2001, Michelle Olson and Lisa C. Ravensbergen founded the collective Cheyikwe Performance in Vancouver. Michelle and Lisa’s vision was to create new work from a distinctly female, First Nations perspective, integrating dance, theatre, storytelling, song and multimedia. They wanted “to develop an...

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Bibliographic Details
Published in:Canadian Theatre Review
Main Author: Nolan, Yvette
Format: Article in Journal/Newspaper
Language:English
Published: University of Toronto Press Inc. (UTPress) 2008
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Online Access:http://dx.doi.org/10.3138/ctr.135.018
https://ctr.utpjournals.press/doi/pdf/10.3138/ctr.135.018
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Summary:In 2001, Michelle Olson and Lisa C. Ravensbergen founded the collective Cheyikwe Performance in Vancouver. Michelle and Lisa’s vision was to create new work from a distinctly female, First Nations perspective, integrating dance, theatre, storytelling, song and multimedia. They wanted “to develop an interdisciplinary language rooted in distinct art forms and in our First Nations cultures” (Cheyikwe). Furthermore, one of the guiding principles states that the work be “an organic, collaborative process with value equal to that of the finished work.”